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in WORLD OF XPILAR3 years ago


Our Lady of July – Oil on canvas – 23 x 33 inches.

We could read everything literally: a quiet room, leaves and tangled branches in a garden outside, a sculpture of a woman on a mantlepiece, a table with a plate and a glass of wine, a hanging lamp, two empty chairs, a landscape painting, an armoire with mirrors, a woman on a bench, sunlight pouring through stained-glass windows over floor tiles and walls, saturating the room, like colored air.

When I painted this scene as realistically as I was able to, I hoped that the literal might open a bridge into the imaginal: Are birds singing in the garden? Why are there chairs for two people when the table is set for only one? Is the plate as empty as it seems? Is the hidden woman a young girl? Perhaps she’s old and her hair is white. Is the wine poured for her, or for someone else? Does the sculpture of the woman on the mantlepiece see anything we cannot? If she could speak, what would she tell us?

More images on my website: johnmichaelkeating.com

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I love the tiles on floor, you have paid such attention to light from outside that is falling on tiles and also the same with the surface of the table, that looks amazing, like real and not painting :)

 3 years ago 

Thank you @stef1, I always really appreciate you taking time to share your observations of my work and which details you noticed most. I am glad you enjoyed the piece.

 3 years ago 

Thanks for your good thoughts, stefi1. I very much appreciate hearing your reactions to the images I have been posting.

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 3 years ago 

Thank you @stef1 and @art-venture for your ongoing support. Always happy to share my work with you and the community.

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 3 years ago 

Thank you WOX! Glad to be a part of you.

 3 years ago 

Great detailed painting, with outstanding realism. Thanks for sharing your beautiful painting.

 3 years ago 

Thank you, jorgevandeperre for taking the time to comment. I appreciate it.

such an amazing view

 3 years ago 

Thanks for commenting, master-house.

 3 years ago 

so beautiful!

 3 years ago 

Thanks, Romanie. So beautiful of you to comment.

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